LOS ANGELES -- You won't get much argument from recruiting experts that this season of talent-gathering has tested the loyalty and trust of both the coaches and the recruits they are pursuing.

A convincing win over Washington could go a long way in helping Chip Kelly and Oregon earn a spot in the BCS title game. Kirby Lee/US Presswire

While the Trojans coaches try to figure out the different scenarios of putting together a restrictive 15-player recruiting class for 2012, imagine all those Oregon recruits and commitments that were stunned that Ducks head coach Chip Kelly was thinking of packing his bags and heading to the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers so close to signing day. Or the Rutgers recruits and commitments, who just lost coach Greg Schiano to the job that Kelly turned down.

Trojans fans know all too well the trials and tribulations of former coach Pete Carroll, one of college football's all-time coaches and recruiters, who seemed to make his flirtation with the NFL an annual event.